Saturday, 3 May 2014

Teenager With Incurable Cancer Raises More Than £3 Million For Charity

Hi friends. Have you guys had of the Stephen Sutton story?
His story is just breath taking!

A teenager in Birmingham, England by name Stephen Sutton
has incurable bowel cancer but is beating the odds and helping inspire the
world to raise money for other teenage cancer suffers.

Stephen was
diagnosed with bowel cancer when he was just 15. After surgery to remove
the tumour he was told that it was incurable a year later after the cancer
returned.

To help inspire
others, Stephen posted an inspirational bucket list video ‘Stephens
Story’, on YouTube, and top of
this list was to raise £10,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Unfortunately, he
was only halfway to his target when he was told he had only weeks to live.

He posted this picture(below) giving his ‘final thumbs
up’ from his hospital bed – convinced that he would not make it out and decided
to start a social media campaign, #thumbsupforstephen, to try raise the
remaining money before he passed. Over
night the campaign went viral!

Since its
inception a few weeks ago, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has now
become an avid supporter and advocate of Stephens – stating he has been humbled
by Stephens bravery and inspired by his efforts to help others in the face of
his adversities.

David
Cameron lent his support to Stephens cause by posing for local
celebrities to encourage donations.

As the campaign has spread, more and more local and
international celebrities are getting behind the cause and lending their
support.

The initial bucket list target of was to raise £10,000 for the Teenage
Cancer Trust. That very quickly turned into £1 million and now sits north
of £3.1 million!